title: Occult coiled drinking straw aspiration.
abstract: A 23-year-old man had a 7-month history of recurrent right lower lobe pneumonia. Flexible fiber-optic bronchoscopy revealed an occluded bronchus intermedius. Rigid bronchoscopy demonstrated a coiled drinking straw in the bronchial lumen, which was removed by forceps. This article represents the first reported case of an aspirated coiled drinking straw obstructing an airway.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Division, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO 80045-5001.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kollef
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Winn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence